diff --git a/ph7.go b/ph7.go
index 08880f0..fb21e58 100644
--- a/ph7.go
+++ b/ph7.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func (e *Engine) compileError(code C.int) error {
 
 func (e *Engine) Compile(source []byte, phpOnly bool) (*VM, error) {
 	csource := C.CBytes(source)
+	// TODO Is this a UAF bug?
 	defer C.free(csource)
 	var flags C.int
 	if phpOnly {
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Compile(source []byte, phpOnly bool) (*VM, error) {
 
 func (e *Engine) CompileFile(path string, phpOnly bool) (*VM, error) {
 	cpath := C.CString(path)
+	// TODO Is this a UAF bug?
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cpath))
 
 	var flags C.int
@@ -468,6 +470,7 @@ type VM struct {
 	outputWriter     io.Writer
 	outputWriteErr   error
 	userFunctionKeys []unsafe.Pointer
+	retainedPointers []unsafe.Pointer
 }
 
 func newVM(cvm *C.ph7_vm) *VM {
@@ -477,6 +480,10 @@ func newVM(cvm *C.ph7_vm) *VM {
 	return vm
 }
 
+func (vm *VM) retainPointer(p unsafe.Pointer) {
+	vm.retainedPointers = append(vm.retainedPointers, p)
+}
+
 //export write_vm_output
 func write_vm_output(buf unsafe.Pointer, bufLen C.uint, userData unsafe.Pointer) C.int {
 	vm := pointer.Restore(userData).(*VM)
@@ -496,7 +503,7 @@ func (vm *VM) SetOutputWriter(w io.Writer) error {
 
 func (vm *VM) AddImportPath(path string) error {
 	cpath := C.CString(path)
-	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cpath))
+	vm.retainPointer(unsafe.Pointer(cpath))
 	return newError(C.vm_add_import_path(vm.ptr, cpath))
 }
 
@@ -560,6 +567,9 @@ func (vm *VM) Close() error {
 	for _, key := range vm.userFunctionKeys {
 		pointer.Unref(key)
 	}
+	for _, p := range vm.retainedPointers {
+		C.free(p)
+	}
 	return newError(C.ph7_vm_release(vm.ptr))
 }
 
@@ -580,6 +590,7 @@ func call_foreign_function(ctx *C.ph7_context, argc C.int, argv **C.ph7_value) C
 
 func (vm *VM) CreateFunction(name string, f Function) error {
 	cname := C.CString(name)
+	// TODO Is this a UAF bug?
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cname))
 
 	fkey := pointer.Save(f)